Important Current Affairs Based On Daily News Papers For IBPS Clerk Mains Exam

Reliance
Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL) or Reliance Jio on 27 December 2015 launched 4G telecom
service. The service was launched at the Reliance Corporate Park in Navy Mumbai
to mark the birth anniversary of Dhirubhai Ambani, founder of the Reliance
Industries Limited (RIL).

WORLD BANK TO GIVE $35MN TO PAKISTAN FOR INDUS RIVER BASIN

The World
Bank has approved an additional financial assistance to Pakistan of $35 million
to support improved management, planning and development of water resources in
the Indus River Basin in Pakistan.This $35 million is in addition to the $38
million given earlier towards improvement of water resources management in the
Indus River system, the Bank said.

RELIANCE, ALMAZANTEY TO JOINTLY DEVELOP AIR DEFENCE MISSILE SYSTEM

Reliance
Defence Limited and Russian AlmazAntey, have decided to work jointly on the
entire range of AD Missile and Radar Systems that are required for Indian
defence forces. The development comes alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
ongoing visit to Moscow. According to the release, vice chairman of AlmazAntey
VF Medovnikov said that “Working with Reliance Defence will help us develop new
directions for both companies to address future requirements of the Indian
Armed Forces”.

Amway India
CEO Anshu Budhraja in her statement said that they needed a strong and credible
face who could help people understand the role of supplementation in addition
to balanced diet and exercise as part of leading a healthy lifestyle, that's
why Farhan Akhtar was an obvious choice.Nutrilite is a leading brand of
vitamins and dietary supplements. The brand contributes more than 50 per cent
of Amway India’s turnover.

NATIONAL

AP GOVERNMENT SIGNED MOU WITH MICROSOFT INDIA ON TECHNOLOGY
INITIATIVES

Government
of Andhra Pradesh on 28 December 2015 signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with Microsoft India on a range of technology initiatives. The MoU was
signed after a meeting between the Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and
Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella in Hyderabad.

UNION GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED 4 NEW IT-BASED INITIATIVES FOR
CITIZEN-CENTRIC HEALTH SERVICES

Union
Minister for Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda on 25 December 2015 announced
4 new Information Technology-based initiatives to provide citizen-centric
health services. The initiatives include three applications, namely, Kilkari,
Mobile Academy and M-Cessation and a dedicated toll free number 1800-11–6666
which will provide round the clock counselling and treatment support services
for TB patients.

FORMER CJ OF KARNATAKA & KERALA HIGH COURTS JUSTICE VS MALIMATH
DIED

Former
Chief Justice of Karnataka and Kerala High Courts Justice V S Malimath died on
22 December 2015 at Manipal hospital in Bengaluru. He was 86-years old and
survived by wife Prema Devi V Malimath, a son and four daughters.

Indigenously
developed Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile, Astra, was on 25
December 2015 successfully test fired. The test was conducted by the Indian Air
Force off the coast of Odisha near the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Balasore.

‘MAKE IN INDIA WEEK’ TO START
FROM FEB 13

Taking a
cue from the biennial investor congregation - Vibrant Gujarat Summit - held
every alternate year in Gujarat the Central Government is organising “Make in
India Week” in Mumbai during February 13-18, 2016.The week-long event, being
organised by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Union
Ministry of Commerce and Industry, will have investors meet for the manufacturing
sector under Make in India.

KARAN ADANI NEW CEO OF APSEZ

Karan
Adani, son of Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani, has been appointed as the CEO
of Adani Ports and SEZ (APSEZ) with effect from January 1, 2016. He will take
over the top job from outgoing CEO Sudipta Bhattacharya, who is moving to the
US as the CEO for North America, APSEZ said in a regulatory filing.The Board
has accepted the “resignation of Bhattacharya as the CEO of APSEZ with effect
from December 31, 2015”, it added. It also approved the “appointment of Karan,
Executive Director (non—board position) as CEO of the company with effect from
January 1, 2016,” the filing said.

CRI PUMPS BAGS EXPORT QUALITY EXCELLENCE AWARD

Pump
manufacturing major CRI Pumps has bagged 'Export Quality Excellence' award for
the 11th time in a row.The Joint Managing Director of CRI Pumps, G Selvaraj,
received the EEPC award given in recognition of the company's high quality and
innovative pumping solutions from the Governor of Karnataka, Vajubhai Vala, at
an award ceremony held in Bengaluru last week.

ACTION PLAN FOR ‘START UP INDIA’ TO BE UNVEILED ON JAN. 16

Seeking to
boost entrepreneurship at the grassroots level, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
said the action plan for ‘Start up India, Stand up India’ will be unveiled on
January 16.Mr. Modi said the programme will focus on ensuring benefits reach
the youth from the lowest strata of the society.He said the ‘Start up India,
Stand up India’ campaign has brought in new opportunities for the youth.

INDIAN OIL CORP TOPS IN 2015 FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES IN INDIA LIST

State-run
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has emerged as the country’s biggest company in
terms of annual revenue as per an annual list of 2015 Fortune 500 companies in
India. IOC topped the list for consecutive sixth year with annual revenue of
Rs. 4,51,911 crore. IOC was followed by Mukesh Ambani-led private sector
Reliance Industries at the second place with a revenue of Rs. 3,82,565 crore.

Top ten
companies

Indian Oil
Corp (IOC)

Reliance
Industries

Tata Motors

State Bank
of India (SBI)

Bharat
Petroleum (BPCL)

Hindustan
Petroleum

Oil and
Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)

Tata Steel

Hindalco
Industries

Tata
Consultancy Services (TCS)

TECH MAHINDRA LAUNCHES CONTACTLESS WALLET MOBOMONEY

IT major
Tech Mahindra has launched first of its kind ‘Tap N Pay’ contactless digital
payment wallet MoboMoney for the Indian masses. MoboMoney has been billed as India’s
first commercial NFC ecosystem rollout that would allow consumers to convert
cash into e-cash for making payments. MoboMoney is a prepaid wallet issued in
the form of a Near Field Communication (NFC) contactless tag that could be used
to ‘Tap N Pay’ for goods and services.

UNION GOVT BRINGS 376 DRUGS UNDER THE NLEM

The Union
Government has added 106 drugs including that of HIV/AIDS, Cancer and Hepatitis
C to the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM). In this regard, Union
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s core committee has revised the NLEM.
The committee was headed by V.M. Katoch, former secretary of Department of
Health Research. The revision includes addition of 106 essential medicines and
deletion of 70 medicines.

GOOD GOVERNANCE DAY 25 DECEMBER

Good
Governance Day was observed on 25 December 2015 across the country. The day was
observed to mark the birth anniversary of former-Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee.To mark the occasion, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare J
P Nadda announced four new IT-based initiatives for providing citizen-centric
health services.Good Governance Day was established in 2014 to honor
former-Prime Minister Vajpayee by fostering awareness among the Indian people
of accountability in governance.

INTERNATIONAL

CHINA AMENDED ONE COUPLE, ONE CHILD POLICY

China’s
National People's Congress Standing Committee, country’s top law making body,
on 27 December 2015 gave its approval to amending One Couple, One Child Policy.
The amended policy, which will come into force on 1 January 2016, will lift the
restrictions on couples from having only one child.The amended policy is aimed
at balancing the country's population structure by allowing all couples to have
two children. The amendment came after the Communist Party of China (CPC)
Central Committee on 29 October 2015 issued a communiqué in this regard.

PM INAUGURATES NEW BUILDING OF AFGHANISTAN PARLIAMENT IN KABUL

Prime
Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new building of Afghanistan Parliament
in the capital city Kabul built by India. It was inaugurated during Narendra
Modi’s first official visit to Afghanistan after becoming Prime Minister. He
also named one block of Parliament as Atal Block after former Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

PM GOES TO LAHORE, MAKES A CHRISTMAS DATE WITH HISTORY

With two
unannounced stops, in Kabul and Lahore on Christmas day, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi rewrote the recent history of geopolitics in the region on
Friday.Officials in Delhi and Islamabad told that Mr. Modi had telephoned Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif from Kabul to wish him on his birthday, and during the
call, made plans to travel to Lahore to wish him personally a few hours later.Mr.
Modi meet PM Nawaz Sharif in Lahore on 25th December.

Bangladesh's
state-run Atomic Energy Commission signed a deal with Russia to set up two
nuclear power plants, each with 1,200 MW capacity, an investment totalling
$12.65 billion.The Work will begin early next year at Ruppur in Iswardi, 160km
(100 miles) from Dhaka, said Kamrul Islam Bhyian, spokesman for the ministry of
science and technology."Russia will finance up to 90 per cent of the total
cost as credit with an interest rate of Libor plus 1.75 per cent," Bhyian
told Reuters.

INDIA, RUSSIA SIGNED 16 PACTS TO DEEPEN BILATERAL COOPERATION

India and Russia signed 16
Agreements/Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) to deepen bilateral cooperation
in the fields of energy, security, technology, etc. The pacts were signed after
the conclusion of the 16th India-Russia Annual Summit in Moscow.After the
summit, which was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian
President Vladimir Putin, both the leaders issued a joint statement with the
theme Shared Trust,New Horizons.

Some
Agreements/MoUs signed were:

(1)
Protocol amending the agreement on simplification of requirements for mutual
travels of certain categories of citizens of the two countries.

(2)
Protocol amending agreement between India and Russia on mutual travel regime
for holders of Diplomatic & Official Passports.

(3)
Cooperation in the field of Helicopter Engineering

(4) Plan
for Cooperation between the Federal Customs Service of the Central Board of
Excise and Customs, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, India and the
Russian Federation for combating Customs violations in 2015 – 2017.

INDIAN-ORIGIN SOFTWARE ENGINEER WINS UK AWARD

An
Indian-origin software engineer named Nandagopal Lakshminarayanan has won a
prestigious award in the UK for creating an innovative electronic smart key
system which enables the creation and management of keys and locks that cannot
be copied or picked. He has been working as a knowledge transfer partnership
(KTP) associate at Lincoln Security Ltd for the past two years, won the
Business Leader of the Future award at Innovate UK's 'KTP Best of the Best
Awards 2015' at a ceremony in London.

SPORTS

WICKED RIDE LAUNCHES UTILITY BIKE RENTAL SERVICE

Wicked
Ride, a start-up founded in 2014 by Vivekananda H.R., Anil G and Varun Agni,
has launched its brand ‘Apna Ride’ for utility bike rentals, targeted primarily
at budget conscious bike enthusiasts.The service would be initially available
at Bengaluru, Mysore and Jaipur and bookings can be done through
www.apnaride.com.While Wicked Ride would focus on renting high-end luxury bikes
like Harley-Davidson, Triumph, Ducati and Royal Enfield, ‘Apna Ride’ would
focus on utility motorcycles, electric bikes and scooters.

SHIVA KESHAVAN CLINCHED SILVER AT ASIAN LUGE CHAMPIONSHIP

Shiva
Keshavan on 27 December 2015 grabbed a silver medal in the 18th edition of the
Asian Luge Championship held in Nagano, Japan. The first place was claimed by
defending champion Hidenari Kanayama of Japan. On the other hand, South Korea's
Kim Dong-hyeon grabbed the third place.Born on 25 August 1981, Keshavan is the
posterboy of Indian winter sports. He is a five time Olympian and the first
Indian representative to compete in luge at the Winter Olympic Games. He set a
new Asian speed record at 134.3 km/h after

Former
Indian Wicket-Keeper nominated for the 2015 Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement
Award. A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting of the Col. CK Nayudu
Awards Committee. The meeting was held at the BCCI’s headquarters in Mumbai.Kirmani
represented India at the international level between 1976 and 1986. His record
includes 160 catches and 38 stumpings in tests and 27 catches and 9 stumpings
in ODIs.The award was instituted by the BCCI in 1994 to celebrate the birth
centenary of Col. Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu, the country’s first test captain.

KUSAL PERERA FACES 4-YEAR BAN

Sri Lankan
wicketkeeper Kusal Perera is facing the prospect of a four-year ban after his B
sample tested positive for a banned substance. "The ICC has informed that
he faces a four-year ban, as his urine sample was tested positive in Qatar
after the ICC had originally found it contained banned substance. Consequently
Perera had to drop out of Sri Lanka's current tour of New Zealand. Sri Lanka
lost the series 0-2. Perera is Sri Lanka's second player to flunk a dope test.
Left-hander batsman Upul Tharanga was suspended for three months after testing
positive for a banned substance during the 2011 World Cup.

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